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At his much-awaited trial on Thursday, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, pleaded not guilty to the seven-count amended charge bought against him by the Federal Government.   The IPOB leader maintained his innocence of all seven allegations when he was arranged before Justice Binta Nyako  of the Federal High […]

The United States Justice Department on Tuesday, charged Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Ramez Chagoury with one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false and misleading statements to federal investigators during an investigation into illegal contributions he made to the re-election campaign of Nebraska Republican Congressman, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry. […]

The Lagos State Police Command has explained that its men fired teargas at the Lekki Tollgate on Wednesday to disperse miscreants who had infiltrated the #EndSARSMemorial protests.   “We did not fire teargas to disperse protesters, but miscreants,” Hakeem Odumosu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said from the Lekki Tollgate Plaza on Wednesday. […]

It is one year after the #EndSARS protests that rocked Nigeria and ended with what became known as the Lekki Tollgate Massacre, as young Nigerians poured out into the streets to protest what they termed police brutality.   The protests turned bloody as men in military dress stormed the Lekki Tollgate on the night of […]

TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE HON. MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHANTOM MASSACRE AT THE LEKKI TOLL GATE…IN ABUJA ON WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT. 2021   Good morning gentlemen and welcome to this press conference.    PHANTOM MASSACRE AT LEKKI TOLL GATE   Today […]

The stern warning issued by the Lagos State Police Command in response to plans by civil society organizations to commemorate the first anniversary of last year’s #EndSARS protest is one more example of the odium Nigerian police officers bring upon the nation; and this is disheartening, given that such impunity and official rascality is occurring […]

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the EndSARS protests and shootings, the Federal government has declared that there is yet no evidence to show that any protester died at the Lekki Tollgate.   This declaration was made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at a press conference on the […]

Every other day, social media brings us a picture or video of a dilapidated school somewhere in Nigeria or shares images of a distraught widow, a struggling roadside trader or street hawker, or some other hapless victims of the extremely harsh realities of living in Nigeria. Immediately, as if on cue or automated, viewers launch […]

  The Nigerian government has amended its charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.   The filing of the amended 7-count comes ahead of the resumption of Kanu’s trial in Abuja on Thursday, October 21.   Filed by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister […]